Wes Streeting

Labour MP for Ilford North, since 7 May 2015

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting is the Labour MP for Ilford North, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Defence.

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Scorecard

40.0% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote

230 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

345 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs

24 Interests declared 16 at £5,000 or more

650 Debates spoken in 1124 written questions tabled

Ranked 609 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	No	152–337
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30	No	77–390
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9	No	104–317
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6	No	167–313
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24	No	182–307
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part	Aye	389–102
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46	No	105–381
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading	Aye	320–171
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1	No	172–322
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part	Aye	318–174
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9	No	83–319
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7	No	174–321
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9	No vote	160–324
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8	No vote	151–319
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5	No vote	78–316
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41	No	164–333
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40	No	163–339
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26	No	78–327
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Second Reading	No vote	340–77
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading	No vote	78–292
16 Sep 2025	Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No vote	89–79
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121	Aye	316–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62	Aye	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61	Aye	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60	Aye	318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £249.98 Library copyright fees
Received on: 12 February 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 23 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Role, work or services: Library copyright fees
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
(Registered 17 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£10,000

Name of donor: Ghassan Karian
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 15 June 2026
Date accepted: 15 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 July 2026)